Blame It On Gravity art by Jayme Nourallah. In a blatant move to one-up Dust Congress, the Old 97’s guys scored an in-studio performance (which you can download by following that link) at the NPR affiliate at St. Paul, Minnesota, where they talked New West Records, admitted to rarely rehearsing…
The 2008 United States Air Guitar Championships Tour has announced which cities will host its competitions this year and, thankfully, Dallas is not on the list. The tour kicked off yesterday in New York and the closest this geek fest will get to Dallas is Austin in July. The finals…
There are 11 of them. Well, not right now, actually. At this very moment, only nine of Mount Righteous’ members have gathered in the driveway of bass drum player Joey Kendall’s house in Grapevine. (That, in and of itself, is something of an accomplishment.) The two missing members of the…
In a bizarro world, in the Dallas of an alternate, and perhaps better, universe, The Lash Outs’ “The Kids Don’t Wanna Dance” is the city’s breakout hit of the summer. A bouncy track that’s catchy enough to latch on in its own right and through its own merit, the song…
Another Dust Congress drawing…from Nevada Hill, we think. Denton’s Dust Congress appeared on the radio show “Gulf Coast Live” on WGCU-FM, a Florida National Public Radio affiliate, for an hour-long interview and studio performance last week during their brief southeastern tour through Louisiana, Georgia and Florida. And now the entire…
At 7 o’clock tonight, The Cavern will host it’s either 11th or 12th anniversary (Spune productions booking agent Lance Yocum isn’t sure) by hosting a free night of performances in its notoriously not-so-cavernous space. The line-up (Eric Tipton, The Campaign, and Odis play downstairs as the usual Monday-night Cool Out…
We first caught wind that there might be trouble in PPT’s camp last week, when a post over on the DFW Hip-Hop forum hinted at some troubles between the group’s members (Pikahsso, Picnic and Tahiti). Then, this morning, came this note from Quick that all but confirmed it (guess it…
This week, we again sent Observer interns Daniel Rodrigue and Spencer Campbell out onto the streets armed with a cheap-ass walkman and a copy of a song from a band coming through town. The song in tow for this go-round was the French Kicks’ “Abandon,” and the dynamic intern duo…
A: Neither can keep a drummer. “Max Cady is now looking for our 6th drummer in 5 years,” writes Justin Moore, vocalist and guitarist for the local rock outfit. “What a fucking nightmare…” The Spinal Tap comparison’s an easy one, sure, but, c’mon, even Moore seems to think something’s amiss…
Fools! All of you! So, remember on Friday when we told you all about how Wilco maybe did, but then definitely didn’t play The Cavern two weeks ago? Well, now comes this in our inbox, courtesy of Lucas Ross, the proprietor of the blog Hypeful.com, which spread the faux story…
Due out on July 8. It’s been a really slow blog day here at DC9. Sorry ’bout that–busy day, not much to blog about, yada yada yada. Yeah, so… Here’s an mp3 for you to download. It’s from Kessler, an alt-rock act from Rockwall that’s a big hit in the…
It’s a camera! And a phone! On Friday night, experimental electro-acoustic ambient music project History At Our Disposal will perform its very first “Cell Phone Show” at Hailey’s in Denton, where the band will open for Singer. The idea is that collaborators (in the audience or not) will snap cell-phone…
Spector 45, drawn out. (Miguel Aguilar) So here’s the deal about Spector 45 (which celebrated its five-year anniversary at Dada on Saturday): They’re just a good time, man. Over the course of a 45-minute (or so? I lost track) set, singer/guitarist Frankie 45 (aka Frankie Campagna) must’ve taken about four…
Warcola gets up close and personal (John Moore) Local hardcore punk band Warcola has recorded three new tracks which will appear on a split single with Austin’s Spitting Bullets to be released next month. “Going Turbo,” “Rich Elite” and “Censorship” are the tracks making the record, and all three are…
A wiser Mount Righteous. (Adam Neese) Mount Righteous actually got home last Wednesday from its tour. But through email complications, this final post has been unfortunately delayed. Either way, here it is: Mount Righteous’ final tour blog post. Enjoy. After spending most of the morning and afternoon at the house…
Yeah, but them’s some fine kicks right there, Darryl… You know that a touring festival is in trouble when one of the best acts on the bill is local. Looking at the just-announced lineup for this year’s Dallas stop of the Vans Warped Tour, it’s hard to get overly excited…
Shearwater at Austin’s The Parish (Noah W. Bailey) Shearwater CD Release Party The Parish in Austin Thursday, May 29, 2008 Better Than: The last several Okkervil River shows I’ve seen. Former Okkervil River side project Shearwater showed just how far it has come Thursday night at Austin’s Parish, unveiling its…
The Toadies (Jason Janik) If you aren’t a die-hard Toadies fan, you can feel free to stop reading this post right now. If you are, though, (or if you’re just curious and/or can’t stop reading something once you’ve started), then this might interest you. Over the weekened, Kirtland Records made…
It’s an especially eclectic weekend around the region this time around. You’ve got a few shows we told you about in the paper (Lions/Local H, The Dresden Dolls, The Door’s 10-Year Anniversary, and, of course, Centro-matic/South San Gabriel), plus ones we blogged about (Lumberjack IV and Spector 45’s Five-Year Anniversary)…
Here’s what you might’ve missed on DC9 this week as you rooted for a Celtics-Lakers NBA Finals like the good basketball fan that you are… – We loved the ’80s and confused ’80s pop acts with ’70s baseball greats. – We went country with Jessica Simpson. – We danced the…
“Gotcha, suckers!” So we came across this blog called Hypeful yesterday that we’d never heard of before. And we’re all excited about it because there’s a long, intricate, detailed post on there about how Wilco apparently played a secret show at The Cavern last Saturday night. And Wilonsky starts flipping…
…well, probably not. Yet. But here’s the low-down on Silver Dynasty: It’s a rock band from here in Dallas, featuring four 10-year-olds named Max, Victor, Bradley and Paint (apparently). And we know nothing about them other than a) someone made this professional-looking video on them (nice graphics!), and b) according…
